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We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.

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Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.

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An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law.

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Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor. To live with Jesus i...more

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A Christian community should do as Jesus did: propose and not impose. Its attraction must lie in the radiance cast by the love of brothers.

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Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.

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A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to grow in love. A community is alive w...more

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If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

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When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth. The most lovi...more

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Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don't...more

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But how to be present to another? Our hearts are so hard. We are so insensitive to the suffering of others. We must pray the Holy Spirit to change our...more

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You see what I am driving at. The mentally handicapped do not have a consciousness of power. Because of this perhaps their capacity for love is more i...more

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The word love has been so abused by publicity and advertisements that we no longer know really what it means.

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When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.